Chapter 55
When the emperor nodded his head, Rong Xiangshi looked at Zhou Xianyang, who didn’t understand what he meant and stood still.
Shen Duzhi read the emperor’s meaning, and immediately went down to take the hat from Wei Ying’s hand and handed it to Rong Xiangmian.
Rong Xiangshi was embarrassed and said, “I’m sorry to trouble Shen Duzhi.”
The emperor glanced at Zhou Xian Yang, not knowing how to be considerate of the princess, did he want the princess to pass something to an outsider?
Zhou Xianyang realized it later and lowered his head in shame.
Rong Xiang see carefully look at this hat, and then picked up the one Jiang XII brought into the palace, carefully compared, but really can not see any problem, is indeed a bad street style.
She is not willing, and close to smell, heart a move, instant eyebrow Shu eyes smile, excited: “Your Majesty, this hat is not Yuhuangfu’s. We use all the same hats. Our hat is made of unusual feather yarn, the hat that this lord took is made of lake satin, the two look very similar, but lake satin has a flavor that comes with it, father can find the weaving bureau’s craftsmen to identify it.”
Shen Duzhi sniffed, immediately took it and smelled it, and returned, “Your Majesty, this top does have a different flavor.”
Zhou Xian Yang didn’t expect the princess to be so sharp and quickly see the cracks. This was originally a thunderbolt that he had planted, but he was just not in a position to make himself clear, and had been waiting for the right time, when the Princess set it off at the most opportune moment.
King Li had no way out, anxious: “Father, if not the fourth brother, who else would it be?”
The emperor laughed: “The thieves broke into the mausoleum for two days, you do not even have a little clear evidence testimony! Why are you asking me? What do I need you to do?”
Royal mausoleum guards, is Yongan Marquis recommended people, when the mausoleum to them, also believe that the empress and Yongan Marquis House because of the hatred of Yu, will be strictly guarded. I didn’t expect such a thing to happen.
Zhou Xian Yang took the opportunity to ask: “The son of the minister is strange, this thief broke into the mausoleum, did not do anything? Yu’s place also did not go in, circled around and left? Father why not send a reliable person to investigate in detail.”
At this question, Wei Ying panicked. Even King Li could see that he was hiding something and felt bad. The emperor drank: “What happened to the imperial tomb?”
“Back to the emperor …… the wengzhong in front of the mausoleum of Emperor Tai | Ancestor, was damaged some, I have already sent people to rush to repair!”
At this time, everyone in the hall held their breath, this is something that any son or daughter of the royal family would never dare to offend. A thing that destroys the feng shui of the dragon vein and shakes the river and mountain.
It must be someone who wanted to subvert the dynasty who dared to do this treacherous thing.
The emperor then realized that the imperial tomb guards were caught in the trick of dropping the tiger and leaving the mountain.
Their eyes were fixed on Yu’s place, allowing people to exploit the loophole. So much so that it caused such a great disaster, and he was afraid of taking the blame, so he put the blame on King Yu, so angry that he pushed the zhang folds on the book case all over the floor.
Wei Ying immediately knelt down, “I am incompetent.”
“You are not only incompetent, but you also attempted to deceive the king and climbed to defy the prince! Come on, dismiss Wei Ying from all positions in the army and exile him to Lingnan for hard labor. Imperial Tomb night watchmen, all relegated to the last pawns, to be the new guards in place, the original Imperial Tomb Army all to Qi Chen deployment, to Qinzhou and Yangzhou garrison.”
His Majesty’s words, Wei Ying and Li Wang was shocked, busy apologizing.
The Emperor was furious, and it took Shen Duzhi and Duan Fei a while to appease him before he calmed down a bit.
Zhou Xianyang was relieved. At least, for the sake of his face now, the new guards arrived at the post, and his mother’s future days could be better.
As he was pondering, the emperor rebuked King Yu and the crown princess again, “You two, you are really out of order!”
“The son servant knows his sins.” Zhou Xian Yang confessed, “My son’s birth mother is a sinner, and I will not go to see her. But Wangfei’s birth mother is innocent, and only because the old Duke minded her origin, she was not allowed to enter the Rong family’s ancestral tomb.
If you marry me, you can only see your mother’s grave, no one to pay tribute to her, how can I bear it? This matter is the fault of my son, all the blame and punishment, my son will bear it all, please father see in the princess a piece of filial piety, forgive her.”
“No, no, no, it’s all my fault. It was my ignorance that dragged Your Highness into this. Please grant Your Majesty the offense, please forgive Your Highness.” Rong Xiangmian’s tearful and miserable appearance made the Emperor quite moved, and he instantly understood why this son of his, who was from a military background, had committed such a mistake for her on the first day of their marriage.
The emperor said with a straight face: “Even if there are bitter feelings, you should not violate the law and etiquette, both of you should be punished! With immediate effect, Yuhuang’s mansion is confined to closed-door meditation, non-call may not go out.”
The two men immediately thanked for the offense.
After getting up, the emperor added: “I am also a concubine, I understand the difficulties of the concubine. Since I decided to worship privately, I should do it without a drop of water. You guys are good, letting people stir things up in the Chongzheng Hall.”
Zhou Xian Yang glanced at Jiang XII, who was shivering on the ground, “The royal residence is newly completed, and all the subordinates were assigned and rewarded from various places. My son was ineffective in restraining his subordinates, so I ask Father to take the blame.”
The emperor has already heard from Princess Hui that Empress Zhang instructed people in Yü Wang’s residence to pass items and humiliate Princess Yü Wang, and at this moment, he has a point: “Father will teach you how to punish your slaves, so go back and learn from them.”
Then he said in a loud voice: “Pull down this lackey who betrayed his master and snitched on him, and cane him immediately.”
Jiang XII couldn’t believe it and glanced at King Li, seeing that King Li turned away to avoid seeing him, he suddenly embraced his legs like a madman: “Your Highness King Li save me, you can’t leave me alone! If it wasn’t for Grand Steward Qin’s command, I wouldn’t have passed on all the matters of the Yuhang Mansion to him, much less go up to the Chongzheng Hall with you ah ……”
King Li became infuriated and viciously kicked Jiang XII in the chest with a nesting kick. Allowing him to be dragged down by the feather guards covering his mouth.
Facing the emperor’s shocked eyes, King Li was panicked: “Father, this unruly slave climbed to defy my son’s family slaves, please don’t believe it!”
The emperor’s face was somber, his voice sounded temperatureless, “King Li acted inconsiderately, he is suspended from all court affairs, and the late emperor’s sacrificial ceremony will be handed over to King Qing to go on my behalf.”
King Li as the Queen’s adopted son, since the honor over the other prince, send the princess out of the surrender, on behalf of the Emperor’s sacrifice and other things are responsible for him. In this case, King Li will be equal to other imperial sons.
Li Wang also want to argue, the emperor suddenly copied a tea cup smashed into his body: “are me and the empress of the indulgence of bad you, go back to reflect!”
King Li was smashed and could only quit the hall unwillingly.
After the Emperor finished disposing of him, he glanced at Zhou Xian Yang. He immediately understood: “I’ve learned, I’ll go back to my home and dispatch that gang of unruly slaves.”
Not holding on to the matter just now was just what the emperor wanted. In order to a lackey traced up, involving the royal family, let the world know that the mausoleum damaged, ultimately hurt the royal reputation, more likely to fall into the traitor’s treacherous plan, shaking the river and the mountain.
Rong Xiangmei calmly watched the scene, she understood that his majesty so thunderous disposal, is to do to the Yu Wangfu see, to calm down the matter. With Empress Zhang and the Marquis of Yongan backing him up, King Yüeh may be able to regain his strength soon.
She obediently follows King Yu to bow and leave. As she exits the hall, she hears His Majesty order, “Bring the Duke of England and the General of Marching North into the palace.”
Rong Xiangshi and King Yu looked at each other, knowing that Mother’s matter might be coming to fruition. They did not show any semblance of elation, but only subconsciously held each other’s hands and walked forward in silence.
Outside the Chongzheng Hall, King Li hadn’t left yet, instead he came forward, “Xian Yang, we fell into your trap.”
Zhou Xian Yang did not move, “Third Brother is overly concerned. There are spies in my royal residence, how could it be a trap set by me? If there was a trap, it was also set for me by someone else, otherwise how else would I have just gone out in my private clothes, and someone in the same attire would have broken into that royal mausoleum.”
Because of this, King Li had a hard time speaking, unable to go and speak to His Majesty. Originally, it was a dereliction of duty, but it might have turned into him planting evidence.
King Li had to vent his anger verbally, “You are really capable ah, even the newly wedded princess is utilized, I am aggrieved on behalf of the family.”